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Paper Abstract
Selecting input and output devices to be used in virtual walkthroughs is an important issue as it may have significant impact in usability and comfort. This paper presents a user study meant to compare the usability of two input devices used for walkthroughs in a virtual environment with a Head-Mounted Display. User performance, satisfaction, ease of use and comfort, were compared with two different input devices: a two button mouse and a joystick from a gamepad. Participants also used a desktop to perform the same tasks in order to assess if the participant groups had similar profiles. The results obtained by 45 participants suggest that both input devices have a comparable usability in the used conditions and show that participants generally performed better with the desktop; a discussion of possible causes is presented.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 February 2014
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 9012, The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014, 90120M (28 February 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2036486
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9012:
The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014
Margaret Dolinsky; Ian E. McDowall, Editor(s)
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 9012, The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014, 90120M (28 February 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2036486
Show Author Affiliations
Beatriz Sousa Santos, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro (Portugal)
Paulo Dias, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro (Portugal)
Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro (Portugal)
Paulo Dias, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro (Portugal)
Paulo Santos, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Carlos Ferreira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal)
Carlos Ferreira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9012:
The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014
Margaret Dolinsky; Ian E. McDowall, Editor(s)
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